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Sunday, February 5, 2012

The Superbowl: a good way to test your social media monitoring chops?

There is no doubt that the tweet traffic during the Superbowl (and all other posts on social networks) will reach levels similar to those following a major disaster.

A good way to test how you can keep track (or not ... and in itself ... that can be revealing too) of what's being said ... A suggestion: try to follow tweets/topics related to security or first responders. How to go about it?

set up your monitoring ... are you a fan of the dashboard look? think Netvibes ... Or do you prefer to scan between columns? think Hootsuites, Tweetgrid or Tweetdeck ... for more on how to go about it, see here ... and here's why it's a good idea.